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AT&T Ingrains Microsoft for Guardian Device

The combination is the first to come from a wide-ranging “cloud” agreement announced last year between the two companies. Read more.

Cisco, Microsoft Boast SD-WAN Onramp, vWAN Upgrades

"Having multiple applications in one platform also means Microsoft 365 must juggle many different types of traffic at once — and that's where users sometimes struggle with performance," Cisco's Ian MacLaughlin said. Read more.

Intel Casts Wider Net for IoT, Edge Computing

The chipmaker claims the new products are in response to pervasive IoT challenges around edge complexity, cost, and impacts on the environment. Read more.

Google Adds Threat Detection With Chronicle Detect

Chronicle, the security startup that spun off and then later re-merged with Google Cloud, today rolled out a threat detection tool called Detect. Read more.

AlefEdge Taps Into Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge

The deployment, which debuted in Atlanta and Pittsburgh, will eventually reach nationwide scale but not until Vapor IO completes its colocation installations around the country. Read more.

Security Startup Kognos Ties XDR to VMware Carbon Black

XDR is a newish approach to threat detection and response that Gartner called a top security and risk management trend of 2020. Read more.

Hitachi Vantara Plugs Cloud Management Into HCI

“We're a little bit of a best kept secret,” said Hitachi Vantara's Bobby Soni about the company's hyperconverged infrastructure products. Read more.